"The Brooklyn Bridge ignites the passions of tourists and locals alike. For every 10,000 visitors who pause in its bike lanes to snap
selfies, there’s an alum of nearby PS 261 who celebrated its birthday
with a song that mentions the fates of its engineers John and Washington Roebling to the tune of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad. (A sample chorus: Caisson’s disease! Caissons disease! Caisson’s disease is really bad!) ... In 1886, a hustler named Steve Brodie claimed to have survived a jump off of it, a tale propagated by Bugs Bunny. ..."
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